Long Live the Empress

Chapter 305 Asking for Dowry

The Second Aunt was the shame of the Yue family. Yue Yuyan mentioned her again and again in front of the old lady, which made the old lady very dissatisfied.

"Humph, she's dead, and she didn't leave you anything. It's because she's incompetent! Besides, Yue Mansion didn't starve you to death, right?!"

Yue Yuyan was speechless, gritted her teeth, and pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Grandma is right!"

"The Third Miss just said that it was thanks to your care, Old Madam, that the Third Miss was able to find such a good match in the Fourth Prince! Haha!" Su Hongfu chuckled with her hands covering her lips as if she thought of something!

Everyone knows about Yue Yuyan and the Fourth Prince's scandal, but Yue Yuyan actually said that she was under the care of the old lady...

Yue Yuyan's shameless words made the old lady's face even uglier. She didn't want others to say that she only taught her granddaughter those brothel styles!

"That's because your aunt taught you well. What does that have to do with me, an old woman!"

Yue Yuyan wanted to argue a few more words, but when she looked up and saw the topaz headpiece in Manju’s hand, she continued to sob, “Grandma has done her best for her granddaughter, and I am grateful! But… I am about to go to the Fourth Prince’s Mansion. If I don’t have something to take care of myself, I… wuwu…”

Everyone now finally understood. No wonder Yue Yuyan stayed in the old lady's room today and refused to leave. It turned out that she came to ask for her dowry!

"Don't worry about these. I have prepared a dowry for you. If you are careful with your budget, it will be enough for you to live on!"

What? Just enough to live on? And you have to be frugal?

Yue Yuyan tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand and continued, "Grandmother is thoughtful. What she prepared must be the best! However, the Fourth Prince's Mansion is different from ours after all, so rewards are inevitable..."

The old lady waved her hand and asked Aunt Zhang to bring the dowry list over and handed it to Yue Yuyan, "When your aunt entered the mansion, she had nothing in her hands. These are all the things I have saved over the years. Take a look!"

Yue Yuyan couldn't wait to open the list. It was just a thin piece of paper with only vases, porcelain, decorative screens, five hundred taels of gold and silver, and two pairs of jade masks...

If it were an ordinary family, these would be the best dowry! But Yue Yuyan was going to the prince's mansion, so these were a bit shabby!

Yue Yuyan took the dowry list and looked at Yue Jinghao pitifully, "Big sister..."

Yue Jinghao lowered her eyes and said nothing, pretending not to hear.

Manju finally understood what Yue Yuyan meant. She wanted to share some of the dowry that the lady left for the eldest daughter! Bah! How shameless!

Yue Yuyan thought Yue Jinghao really didn’t hear it, so she called out loudly: “Big sister! Look at this dowry…” Isn’t it a little less…

Yue Jing took a look at the dowry list and sneered in her heart. The old lady was really smart. These things looked big enough and would be impressive enough when given as a wedding present, but they were just not practical! I guess the old lady gave all those things that were in the way and took up space to Yue Yuyan as dowry!

"Don't worry, Third Sister. As the eldest daughter of the family, I will definitely add some dowry to yours!"

"Thank you, big sister!" Yue Yuyan thought that her goal had been achieved and immediately smiled.

"This is a reward from the Emperor and the Princess, I..." Yue Jinghao had just opened her mouth when Su Hongfu said.

"Oh, Miss, you can't touch those! All the rewards from the palace must be registered! If the emperor or the princess asks about it one day, will you say that you gave it to your younger sister to add to her dowry? How will others see our Yue Mansion? Are we so poor that even the young ladies who are getting married have to use the imperial gifts you received as dowry?"

"..."

"Those must not be moved!" the old lady said quickly.

"Then... mother's dowry..." Yue Yuyan asked tentatively.

"My mother's dowry is not in my hands. My sister knows this. The last time my second sister entered the Prince's Mansion..." Yue Jinghao bit her lower lip, as if she found it difficult to speak.

The fact that Aunt Su stole the lady's dowry and gave it to Yue Jinghong as her dowry has long been a laughing stock that everyone talks about. This is not a good reputation for the Yue family!

"At that time, in order to prove his innocence, my father asked Jiu Qiansui to keep it for him..." Yue Jinghao continued.

"Then elder sister, can't you just go to Qiansui Mansion and ask for it?" Yue Yuyan said anxiously.

"What are you talking about, Third Sister? How can I be so shameless? I'm afraid I'll be kicked out by the guards at the gate before I even get to Qiansui Mansion! How about, Sister, go and ask father to go to Qiansui Mansion!"

Agate laughed wildly in her heart. This young lady was lying without blushing. They didn't even need to notify Qiansui Mansion when they went there!

"Jing'er, don't say anything more. Your father can't ask for this dowry!" said the old lady.

What a joke, is the Ninth Thousand Years Old so easy to talk to? What if Yue Hanwen goes there and angers the Ninth Thousand Years Old again, what should the Yue Mansion do?

"Then why are you talking about adding makeup to my house?" Yue Yuyan said in a bad tone, not even calling her "big sister", "You can't touch this, and you can't take that. So, tell me what you can give me?"

"Thanks to my grandmother's love, I have some extra money every month from the money I've received over the years... I originally wanted to save it and use it to buy a birthday gift for my grandmother on her birthday, but now my younger sister is getting married, so I'm going to use it all... to give to my third younger sister..."

"puff……"

Yue Yuyan almost choked to death on her own saliva!

How much money is that?

"Are you teasing me, elder sister?"

"What are you talking about? Jing'er has her own difficulties. If you have the ability, go find the Ninth Thousand Year Old Man yourself!" The old lady glared at Yue Yuyan and said.

"Third sister's aunt didn't leave anything behind, so it was thoughtful of grandma to prepare these! Third sister is going to be a concubine after all. If the dowry is too much, people will say that the young ladies in our Yue family are all rushing to be concubines of others! How will my granddaughter and fourth sister go out to see people in the future?" Yue Jinghao lowered her head in grievance as she spoke.

Indeed, Yue Jinghong was the most talented woman in the capital, and wasn’t she also the prince’s concubine?

Four granddaughters and two concubines, how hard it is to explain!

The old lady thought so and said to Yue Yuyan, "These are great! I will ask the embroiderer to come and make clothes for you tomorrow! Just wait for your marriage with peace of mind!"

Seeing Yue Yuyan was angry but dared not say anything, Yue Jing said innocently: "Then I will help Third Sister choose the pattern tomorrow!"

"No need for that. Big sister is not feeling well, so you'd better stay in the yard!" Yue Yuyan threw the dowry list in her hand to Nanny Zhang and left in a huff without even giving a gift to the old lady.

The old lady slapped the bed angrily, "Look, what else can she do? She's just showing off to me! If I become the prince's consort, won't she kill me?"

Yue Jinghao stepped forward to calm the old lady down, "The third sister is young and has lost her aunt, so please forgive her, Grandmother!"

"Let me say that the Third Young Lady is going too far! The dowry was saved bit by bit by the old lady over the years, but she doesn't even look at it! She really let the old lady down!" Su Hongfu said dissatisfiedly.

The old lady became more and more angry, so she asked Aunt Zhang to change the five hundred taels of gold and silver to three hundred taels...

After Yue Yuyan found out, she smashed all the decorations in the house! The already simple house became even more shabby!